Open-source alternatives to everyday SaaS products
Open source alternatives
List of open-source alternatives to everyday SaaS products.
Artificial intelligence chatbot/ LLM (ChatGPT alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
OpenAssistant | open-assistant.io | |
Leon | getleon.ai | |
ChatRWKV | twitter.com/BlinkDL_AI |
AI code completion (Github CoPilot alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
FauxPilot | github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot/wiki | |
YouCompleteMe | ycm-core.github.io/ycmd |
Team knowledge base (Notion alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
AppFlowy | appflowy.io | |
AFFiNE | affine.pro |
Internal tools (Retool alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Appsmith | appsmith.com | |
ToolJet | tooljet.com | |
Budibase | budibase.com | |
ILLA | illacloud.com | |
Openblocks | openblocks.dev | |
Windmill | windmill.dev |
Web analytics (Google Analytics alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Matomo | matomo.org | |
Umami | umami.is | |
Plausible | plausible.io |
Note-taking/ Knowledge management (Evernote alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Joplin | joplinapp.org | |
Logseq | logseq.com | |
SiYuan | b3log.org/siyuan/en | |
Notesnook | notesnook.com |
Company blogs/ newsletters (WordPress alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Ghost | ghost.org |
Blogging platform/ Personal website builder (Medium alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
WriteFreely | writefreely.org | |
btw | btw.so |
Static website generator:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Hugo | gohugo.io | |
Jekyll | jekyllrb.com | |
11ty | 11ty.dev | |
Zola | getzola.org |
Website builder (Wix, Strikingly, Webflow alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
DoTenX | dotenx.com |
Icons (Noun Project alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Font-Awesome | fontawesome.com | |
feather | feathericons.com | |
Bootstrap | icons.getbootstrap.com | |
RemixIcon | remixicon.com |
Collaborative design tool (Figma alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Penpot | penpot.app | |
Radix Primitives | radix-ui.com | |
Plasmic | plasmic.app | |
Quant-UX | quant-ux.com |
Online forms (Typeform alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Formbricks | formbricks.com |
Session replay and analytics (Fullstory alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
highlight | highlight.io |
Content Management System/ CMS (Contentful alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Strapi | strapi.io | |
Payload | payloadcms.com | |
Webiny | webiny.com |
Log management (Papertrail alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Graylog | graylog.org |
To-do app:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
super-productivity | super-productivity.com |
Community management:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Discourse | discourse.org |
Kanban board (Trello alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
WeKan | wekan.github.io | |
Focalboard | focalboard.com | |
Kanboard | kanboard.org | |
Planka | planka.app |
Social network/ Micro-blogging (Twitter alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Mastodon | joinmastodon.org | |
HumHub | humhub.com | |
Elgg | elgg.org |
Ticket management (Zendesk, Freshdesk alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Peppermint | peppermint.sh |
Scheduling tool (Calendly alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Cal.com | cal.com |
Smart spreadsheet (Airtable alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
NocoDB | nocodb.com | |
Luckysheet | dream-num.github.io/LuckysheetDocs | |
APITable | apitable.com |
Team communication (Slack, Discord alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Rocket.chat | rocket.chat | |
Mattermost | mattermost.com | |
Zulip | zulip.com | |
Element | element.io | |
Spacebar | spacebar.chat | |
RelatedChat | relatedcode.com |
Live chat (Intercom alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Chatwoot | chatwoot.com |
User authentication (Auth0 alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Keycloak | keycloak.org | |
SuperTokens | supertokens.com | |
Logto | logto.io |
Digital search experience (Algolia alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Typesense | typesense.org |
Backend-as-a-Service (Firebase alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Supabase | supabase.com | |
Appwrite | appwrite.io | |
Nhost | nhost.io |
Customer data platform/ CDP (Segment alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Jitsu | jitsu.com |
Link shortener (Bitly alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Dub | dub.sh |
Online store builder (Shopify alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Vue Storefront | vuestorefront.io | |
Sylius | sylius.com | |
Presta | prestashop-project.org | |
Bagisto | bagisto.com |
Password manager (1Password alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Bitwarden | bitwarden.com | |
Padloc | padloc.app |
Email delivery (Mailgun, SendGrid alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Postal | docs.postalserver.io |
Usage-based billing (Stripe, Chargebee alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Lago | getlago.com |
File uploader:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Uppy | uppy.io |
Notification infrastructure:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Novu | novu.co | |
ntfy | ntfy.sh | |
Apprise | hub.docker.com/r/caronc/apprise |
API Development (Postman alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
hoppscotch | hoppscotch.io | |
Insomnia | insomnia.rest |
Programmatic videos:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Remotion | remotion.dev |
Data warehouse (Snowflake alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Databend | databend.rs |
Annotation:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
doccano | doccano.herokuapp.com |
Feature management/ Feature flag:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Unleash | getunleash.io | |
Flagr | openflagr.github.io/flagr/ |
Product Analytics (Mixpanel, Amptitude alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
PostHog | posthog.com |
Video conferencing (Google Meet, Skype alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Jitsi Meet | jitsi.org | |
Element Call | call.element.io |
Personal cloud (Dropbox alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Nextcloud | nextcloud.com |
Business intelligence (Tableau, Looker, Power BI alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Metabase | metabase.com |
Platform-as-a-Service/ PaaS (Heroku, Netlify, Vercel alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Dokku | dokku.com | |
CapRover | caprover.com | |
Coolify | coolify.io | |
Kubero | kubero.dev |
Unified Communication Platform & Telephony API (Twilio alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Fonoster | fonoster.com |
Bug tracking/ Error tracking (Sentry alternatives):
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Bugzilla | bugzilla.org |
Invoicing:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Invoice Ninja | invoiceninja.com | |
Crater | crater.financial | |
SolidInvoice | solidinvoice.co |
Graph database:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
JanusGraph | janusgraph.org | |
Memgraph | memgraph.com |
Vector database:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Milvus | milvus.io | |
Weaviate | weaviate.io | |
activeloopai/deeplake | activeloop.ai | |
CozoDB | cozodb.org |
Time-series database:
Company | Website | GitHub stars |
---|---|---|
Prometheus | prometheus.io | |
QuestDB | questdb.io | |
OpenTSDB | opentsdb.net | |
KairosDB | kairosdb.github.io |
Criteria
- Product is open-source and repo is actively being maintained.
- It is a product (not a library) and ideally has a popular closed-source alternative.
- Repo has atleast 100 stars on GitHub.
Contributing
Looking for contributors to add missing startups/ projects. Please submit a PR (the products are listed in descending order by number of GitHub stars) or feel free to DM @deeptivchopra.